Show 4 II 4 s M I i It Itt r THE CASE OF MR HANNA t tit I M H-M-H-M- 0 0 t 0 6 I M I M t 1 0 0 Those enthusiastic friends of Mr Roosevelt who Would like to f furnish him with a healthful me means ins of exercise by br- jabbing him wi with Avith h the thou thought ht that hat Mr 11 Hanna is l his s rival for the Republican n nom mation in 1904 will be disappointed to learn that the Senator from Ohio definitely disclaims disclaim's any apy idea a of pu putting ting himself forward forwar for the honor As far faras faras as as he is concerned the President has the track clear b before fore him and it t will bellis his be-his own fault if if he do donot donot not wa walk k unobstructed unobstructed under the string In a 3 a 1 letter l written fri tt en a a few nays days uJ's ago to a gentleman genteman gentle gentie- man in lom Tomah h Wisconsin Senator Hanna Banna is quoted as saying I 1 am in no sense a candidate and trust trist that my us friends will discourage any mo eme movement t looking looking look look- ing lug toward towai-d that ha end After that pronouncement p t per perhaps rs politicians and the public publia will be willingto to leave eave Mr 11 Hanna alone for awhile To his i intimate tin friends it is said that he expresses himself as distinctly dis- dis satisfied with the career which his honorable connection with the Civic Federation has opened t thim to him liim and it is a matter of public notoriety that repe repeatedly re- re pe lie he has declared that he would rather b Le Lehe the he l means n of r reconciling ng American capital and labor la- la a abor bor jor than to be President of the United States There There is no apparent reason for doubting the ent entire 1 sincerity of Mr Hanna in this matter Those who I know him well know that prior to the sa sail sad death of his great and dearly loved friend William McKinley he was not without political cal ambitions But the crime at Buffalo saddened him almost beyond beyond be be- yond repair and changed the whole current of hi his life He He has turned the whole volume of his mental vigor and genius for organization into the channel furnished by hi philanthropic labor work and i is Hi contented He is in t the e line of promotion to a truer and better fame than ever he could hope to gain gainin in that storm centre of political strife the White While House |